Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned Caribbean Airlines has received approval from the United States Department of Transportation to fly the Port of Spain/Houston route.

(Trinidad Express) After weeks of seeing a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, Trinidad and Tobago is reporting a 35 per cent drop in numbers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Popular comedian, actor, radio talk show host and entertainer Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall is dead.

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith was in an apologetic mood yesterday as he addressed the media on several issues related to crime fighting and national security, including the postponement of his vacation which was due to commence tomorrow.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Health’s goal of increasing testing for COVID-19 is being hampered because people are continuing to refuse swabbing for the virus “in a lot of instances.”

(Trinidad Express) On June 26 of this year, murdered mother of two Reshma Kanchan shared this message on her Facebook page.

(Trinidad Express) The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) launched a new-styled National Identification Card.

After months of being stalked, threatened and brutalised, Penal mother Reshma Kanchan met a horrific death via the cutlass of a former lover yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith will be flying out to Ireland to “recharge” and vacation with his family.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers from two units are appealing to anyone who may have been sexually assaulted or robbed along the North Coast Road to report their cases to them.

(Trinidad Express) THE decision is final — Carnival 2021 is off.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Carnival 2021 has been cancelled.

(Trinidad Express) IT was a soldier, not a policeman. And an investigation will be launched to determine whether the member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) committed any criminal act following the release of video footage showing an officer secretly pocketing an envelope during a raid in La Horquetta last week where $22 million in cash was seized from Drugs Sou Sou (DSS).

(Trinidad Express) Kidnap victim Mary Ali was found on the roadway, approximately six kilometres from her home, at daybreak on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago faces the threat of “twin viruses,” as it enters the yearly flu-season, adding the threat of the H1N1 virus to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines appears to be flying into some strong headwinds as the airline warns of turbulence and proposes temporary salary reductions for all staff beginning next month to try and stay in the air.

(Trinidad Guardian) He is 65-years-old, diabetic and has US$4 left to his name.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of a Sangre Grande businesswoman, who was kidnapped outside her family’s supermarket on Wednesday morning, are yet to receive a ransom request.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers across three divisions were last evening searching for the men who abducted 67-year-old businesswoman Mary Ali early yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young said the investigation into the multi-million dollar pyramid scheme will be a complex one and issued a warning for persons to stay away from this fraud.